Joachim Low has told his Germany players they are not good enough up front.

The No.2-ranked side in the world will boast attacking options that include Bayern Munich stars Mario Goetze and Toni Kroos, Dortmund midfielder Marco Reus and Bayer Leverkusen striker Sidney Sam.

Low , whose established stars hit the woodwork three times as they drew with Italy on Friday, has called for more ruthless finishing as

“We have to improve our play in the final third,” he said. “Against Italy we lacked efficiency. We have to be more efficient, more to the point and maybe we were missing the clinical precision that’s needed at this level.

“We have to consistently finish. We created opportunities, we also need to aim to finish them to score goals. Especially at World Cup level where you only get one or two chances in a match.”

Low will rest first-choice players such as Mesut Ozil, Philipp Lahm and first choice keeper Manuel Neuer with the likes of Borussia Dortmund’s 33-year-old goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller, and Arsenal’s Per Mertesacker coming in.

The Germany coach maintains, however, that he is not being disrespectful to England by fielding his reserves. Indeed, Low insists he is keen to formulate his back-up plan.

He added: “It was clear for me that I’d use these two matches against Italy and England to try out players in key positions, and what better test for these players than to play in front of a partisan English crowd of 80,000 people spurring their team on?

“It was clear to me that I needed to experiment a bit and send home some of the players who are firmly established. It’s a deliberate acid test for these up and coming players, but we’re not fielding a ‘B team’ out of any lack of respect.

“Let me remind you that in 2008 we hosted England in Berlin and England played without Rooney, Gerrard, or Lampard and beat us 2-1, so there’s no such thing as a B team for us.”